 And pretty nigh all o' the crew was drowned (There was seventy-seven o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy's men Said 'Here' to the muster-roll. "There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and a...  Iowa Engineer - Page 2161905Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1901 - 634 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' Here ! ' to the muster-roll. "There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. " For a month we'd neither... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 830 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), And onlv ten of the Nancy's men Said 'Here!' to the muster-roll. "There was me, and the cook, and the captain bold. And the mate of the Nancy brig. And the bo'sun tight, and the midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. "For a month we'd neither... | |
 | William Schwenck Gilbert - Ballads, English - 1901 - 216 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy1 s men Said ' Here ! ' to the muster roll. " There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, " For a month we 'd neither wittles nor drink, Till a-hungry we... | |
 | Joel Chandler Harris - Children's poetry - 1902 - 442 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' Here !' to the muster roll. There was me and the cook and the captain bold. And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. For a month we'd neither wittles... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - American poetry - 1902 - 516 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' here ' to the muster-roll. " There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. " For a month we'd neither... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - American poetry - 1902 - 506 pages
...and long was he, And I heard this wight on the shore recite, In a singular minor key: ' Oh, I am a cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And he shook his fists and he tore his hair, Till I really felt afraid,... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - American poetry - 1902 - 508 pages
...seventy-seven o' soul), And only ten of the Nancy's men Said ' here ' to the muster-roll. " There was me and the cook and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And the bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig. " For a month we'd neither... | |
 | American literature - 1902 - 534 pages
...since the death of my ministerial friend, like Gilbert's " Survivor of the Nancy Brig," as yet " I am the cook and the captain bold And the mate of the Nancy Brig, And the helmsman tight, and the midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig." Yours very truly, JOSEPH... | |
 | Homeopathy - 1899 - 44 pages
...gravely at fault in not coming up to their proper duties. TJG STATE BOARD OF HEALTH SALARIES. "For I am the cook and the captain bold, and the mate of the Nancy brig, And the midship mite and the bos'n tight, and the crew of the captain's gig." "Dr. HM Bracken, secretary... | |
 | John William Lloyd - American fiction - 1902 - 152 pages
...Gilberts' poem, that 'elderly naval man' who sat on a stone and sang ' in a singular minor key:' '0 I'm the cook, and the captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig; And the bos'un tight, And the midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig' " They all laughed, but Miss... | |
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